Remittances

Coins.ph Launches Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin App for Southeast Asia

Bitcoin services firm Coins.ph has launched Teller, an Abra-inspired mobile app in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.

By Pete RizzoJul 20, 2015

Bitso has closed a seed funding round led by the Barry Silbert-backed investment fund Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.

By Pete RizzoJun 26, 2015

Ben Parker, co-founder of IRIN, a humanitarian news service spoke to CoinDesk about bitcoin's potential in fragile states.

Dubai-based startup BitOasis has announced the launch of a bitcoin buying platform aimed at underbanked consumers in the Middle East.

By Pete RizzoMay 6, 2015

Global payments giant Western Union is keeping quiet about its rumored plans to tap distributed ledger technology.

By Pete RizzoApr 30, 2015

Bill Barhydt, the entrepreneur and former Netscape director who gave the first-ever TED Talk on bitcoin, has debuted a bitcoin venture called Abra.

By Pete RizzoMar 4, 2015

Bitcoin firm igot has expanded to Kenya following the acquisition of a local cryptocurrency exchange and integration with a mobile payments platform.

Philippine remittance service Coins.ph now allows users to send funds for collection at a network of bank ATMs.

By Jon SouthurstDec 17, 2014

Bitcoin remittances can make immigrant workers' lives easier without them even knowing the digital currency is involved.

SpectroCoin is now allowing its customers to convert bitcoin to cash in 25 countries across Europe and Central Asia.

By Pete RizzoNov 20, 2014

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